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Google Scholar is a search engine for scholarly literature and other various academic materials. With Google Scholar you are able to search for a variety of materials, such as articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court opinions. These come from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites. Unfortunately, some of the scholarly articles you will find using Google Scholar are not available in full-text or are not free, in this case, ask a librarian for help locating the article.
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